Chim (David Seymour) – Legendary Photojournalist

Jewish Historical Museum

Nieuwe Amstelstraat 1
1011 PL Amsterdam

October 19, 2018 to March 10, 2019

From 19 October 2018, a large retrospective exhibition of the Jewish Polish-American photographer David Seymour (1911-1956), also known by his nickname ‘Chim’, can be viewed. David Seymour was one of the greatest documentary photographers of the 20th century and, together with his friends Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson, founded the photo agency Magnum Photos in 1947. His photography covers a period of almost 25 years, from the early 1930s to his sudden death in 1956, and shows the most violent events of that time: the great pre-war political demonstrations and strikes in France, the Spanish Civil War, and the reconstruction of a devastated Europe after the Second World War. In particular, photographs of children who were traumatised by the war attracted attention at the time. The modest Seymour stayed in the shadow of his famous friends for a long time and he was not well known to the general public. This surprising and impressive exhibition will certainly change this. The exhibition has been put together by the International Center of Photography in New York.